24 November, 2004
category: Biometrics, Financial, Government, RFID
“Biometric devices were among the 9/11 Commission recommendations. Passports of people entering the United States would be required to contain a special type of computer chip, known as RFID or radio-frequency identification. The chip would contain a digitized facial image of the bearer. Current rules would require them by October 2005.
Such biometric passports and visas will help government officials authenticate documents and potentially identify terrorists, officials said.”